advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
that is to say; so that means
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
educational institution; school; academy; campus
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
Hosono Fujihiko (1959.12.2-)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
already; now; no longer; not any more
establishment; settlement
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
and; thereupon; because of that
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
mask; disguise; guise; mask
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
genuine article; real thing; real deal
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
false impression; deceptive appearance; mere show
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to be found; to be discovered
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)